BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Striker Lucas Alario, a goalscorer for Argentine club River Plate will turn down a lucrative offer to play in China, the team's coach announced on Thursday.
Speaking to the local press, River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo said that he believed Alario "will not take the decision to go play in an alternative market from a football perspective" and that "while the economics are important, his head and his mentality are ready for something else."
The club's technical secretary, Enzo Francescoli said that "Lucas already said he wants to stay" but added that "like most players, he has an exit clause, (and) this depends on him."
"With his age (24) and the level he has, sooner or later he will go play in Europe, with a more glorious club and a higher sports level," added the secretary.
Alario's agent, Pedro Aldave, revealed on Tuesday that an unnamed Chinese club was willing to pay the striker's exit clause, set at over 19 million U.S. dollars.
"There is a very important written offer from a Chinese club that we are considering," said Aldave.
Alario is seen as a crucial player for River Plate, which will seek to win the Copa Libertadores this year, a title it last won in 2015.
by Matt Walsh
MELBOURNE puma rihanna creeper beige , March 19 (Xinhua) -- Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have affirmed themselves as hot favorites ahead of Sunday's Australian Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix, after they blitzed the field in qualifying to secure pole and second heading into the first race of the season.
After what could only be described as a farcical start to the new qualifying format, the two Mercedes cars flexed their muscle securing the front row of the grid, confirming pre-season predictions the team would be the one to beat throughout 2016.
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The 20 other drivers will have a tough time chasing both Hamilton and Rosberg, though encouraging signs from Scuderia Ferrari will have it optimistic of perhaps staging an upset during the first Grand Prix of the season.
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However it's Toro Rosso drivers Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz who could surprise most on Sunday - the pair will begin the race well in contention for points after shocking the field and qualifying 5th and 7th respectively, not far off the pace of the Mercedes-chasing Ferrari cars.
Meanwhile hometown driver and Red Bull Racing number one Daniel Ricciardo will begin the race from 8th, after earlier in the week downplaying expectations surrounding his car, when he promised to do a 'nudie run' down Albert Park if he managed to upstage the Mercedes and Ferrari teams.
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Following qualifying, Hamilton talked up his team's chances of continuing its recent dominance, and told the press his car felt "sexy".
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Teammate Rosberg said a Mercedes win in Melbourne was likely if both he and Hamilton could stay on the track on Sunday.
"We seem to be the quickest out there and by a good margin. The risk is that we become complacent, but I hope we'll be able to push through," Rosberg told the press.
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The 2016 Australian F1 Grand Prix begins on Sunday evening (Australian time) in Melbourne.
MOSCOW, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Russia's budget deficit in the first half of 2017 was reduced to 1 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) and amounted to 400 billion rubles (6.94 billion U.S. dollars) puma suede heart satin grigie , Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday.
The latest budget deficit sees a considerable decrease from the 3.6 percent of GDP in the same period last year, Medvedev said at a cabinet meeting on the execution of the federal budget of 2017.
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He noted that "the structure of the revenues is changing," with more money coming from taxes and fees than from selling oil and gas.
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